CHE Certificate Information

Introduction

Overview

Curriculum



CHE Program Chair: Jess Gilbert

Nelson Institute Graduate Advisor: Jim Miller, 608-263-4373



To apply for CHE Certificate and/or PhD Minor:

  1. Please download the application form and save it to your computer.
  2. Rename the file with the following protocol:
    "che_certificate_application_last name_first name_date"
  3. Open using Adobe Reader (please do not use Preview, Word, or other programs).
  4. Follow instructions for filling out and turning in the application.

To Make Changes To Your Approved Application:

  1. Please download the course substitution form and save it to your computer.
  2. Rename the file with the following protocol: "che_certificate_course substitution_form_
    last name__first name_date"
  3. Open using Adobe Reader (please do not use Preview, Word, or other programs).
  4. Follow instructions for filling out and turning in the form.

Completing the certificate program:

  1. Please download the completion form and save it to your computer.
  2. Rename the file with the following protocol: "che_certificate_completion_form_
    last name_first name_date"
  3. Open using Adobe Reader (please do not use Preview, Word, or other programs).
  4. Follow instructions for filling out and turning in the application.

You will need an updated version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to complete these forms. You can download a free copy here.

CHE Certificate Introduction


 

CHE members
CHE Grads Adam Mandelman and Steve Laubach
Photo by William Cronon

 

Beginning in 2008, graduate students may apply for admission into the Center for Culture, History and Environment (CHE) certificate program offered through the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. This exciting and flexible new program recognizes the need for and importance of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of past environmental and cultural changes.


To obtain the certificate, students design, in consultation with a faculty advisor from CHE, their own three-course thematic sequence related to past environmental and cultural change (e.g. "Representations of Nature," "Urban Studies," "Indigenous Peoples and Landscapes"). In addition, they must take a required interdisciplinary methods seminar and participate in one of CHE's annual Place-Based Workshops.

For more information, visit the overview and the curriculum of the certificate program.

CHE welcomes applications from students in any graduate degree program at UW-Madison. Master's degree students who complete the program receive CHE certificates in addition to their degrees. Doctoral students can complete either the certificate or the Ph.D. minor. CHE does not offer a stand-alone graduate degree.

The CHE certificate program will consider applications twice a year (November and April). To be considered during the next round, you must submit your application no later than Friday, November 30th, 2012.

For more information, contact us.